However, we find that relatively weak passwords, about 20 bits or so, are sufficient to make brute-force attacks on a single account unrealistic so long as a “three strikes” type rule is in place.

然而，我们发现，长度约为20个字符左右、相对较“弱”的密码也已经能够使得针对单一账户的暴力破解变得不现实：只要有“三振出局”的规范即可。 （译者注：原文的“three strikes” type rule 指的应该是连续三次输入错误密码就会暂时锁死账户，具体可参考此处。）

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What would happen if I were to make more references to Objects than 32 bits can account for?

会发生什么事，要是我做更多的对象引用超过32位可以考虑？

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Sharman Apt Russell has done a wonderful job of gathering bits of exotic butterfly lore to brighten up her account of the insect's life-cycle, its acrobatic sexual practices and its amazing gift for mimicry.

ECONOMIST: Butterflies

Money, reduced to bits on a fiber optic wire, could now be moved from account to account, country to country, in microseconds...so quickly that it rarely ever even needs to precipitate into actual currency.

FORBES: Malone's Musing